World's Best Poker Players
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2016 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 (1018) | Francisco Araujo | ARG | 540 | 0 | 1 | $112,724 |
| 102 (1023) | Shota Murakami | JPN | 533 | 2 | 4 | $65,750 |
| 103 (1043) | Jiayi Jin | CHN | 525 | 0 | 1 | $66,951 |
| 104 (1054) | Rafael Reis | BRA | 518 | 1 | 3 | $40,795 |
| 105 (1068) | Melanie Banfield | Johannesburg, ZAF | 510 | 0 | 2 | $57,485 |
| 106 (1069) | Yuan Li | CHN | 510 | 1 | 1 | $871,000 |
| 107 (1100) | Naz Sibaei | Melbourne, AUS | 500 | 0 | 1 | $59,866 |
| 108 (1099) | Fabio Freitas | BRA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $49,778 |
| 109 (1108) | SJ Kim | KOR | 492 | 2 | 2 | $90,935 |
| 110 (1112) | Matthew Wakeman | Sydney, AUS | 490 | 0 | 3 | $69,970 |
| 111 (1118) | Sam Higgs | AUS | 484 | 0 | 3 | $103,501 |
| 112 (1119) | Nick Yunis | CHL | 483 | 1 | 2 | $153,090 |
| 113 (1191) | Yuefeng Pan | CHN | 480 | 1 | 1 | $155,832 |
| 114 (1189) | Liang Xu | CHN | 480 | 0 | 1 | $79,430 |
| 115 (1188) | Steven Chew | Adelaide, AUS | 480 | 1 | 2 | $128,399 |
| 116 (1186) | Brendon Rubie | Sydney, AUS | 480 | 1 | 1 | $81,676 |
| 117 (1192) | Manuel Vuotto | ARG | 480 | 0 | 1 | $70,000 |
| 118 (1193) | Luis Martins | BRA | 480 | 0 | 1 | $77,500 |
| 119 (1187) | Alex Lee | AUS | 480 | 1 | 1 | $27,300 |
| 120 (1190) | Ali Reza Fatehi | IRN | 480 | 0 | 1 | $948,384 |
| 121 (1220) | Behzad Ahadpour | IRN | 464 | 0 | 2 | $110,929 |
| 122 (1227) | Chengbei Li | CHN | 460 | 0 | 2 | $59,200 |
| 123 (1251) | Alexander Voytko | ISR | 456 | 0 | 1 | $53,957 |
| 124 (1250) | Ken Demlakian | AUS | 456 | 0 | 1 | $110,220 |
| 125 (1278) | Yew Fatt Kan | MYS | 448 | 0 | 2 | $70,590 |
| 126 (1296) | Jeffrey Rossiter | Melbourne, AUS | 437 | 0 | 3 | $205,640 |
| 127 (1313) | Vivian Im | MAC | 432 | 0 | 2 | $73,535 |
| 128 (1312) | Ke Chen | CHN | 432 | 0 | 1 | $59,475 |
| 129 (1314) | Desmond Godfrey | ZAF | 432 | 1 | 1 | $66,696 |
| 130 (1322) | Francisco Benitez | URY | 428 | 0 | 2 | $97,020 |
| 131 (1393) | Jayesh Prasad | Auckland, NZL | 420 | 0 | 1 | $52,834 |
| 132 (1394) | Shaoming Li | CHN | 420 | 1 | 1 | $55,657 |
| 133 (1391) | Kah Boon Teh | MYS | 420 | 0 | 1 | $96,100 |
| 134 (1388) | Sam Steindl | AUS | 420 | 0 | 1 | $24,794 |
| 135 (1392) | Haiman Maroky | Melbourne, AUS | 420 | 0 | 2 | $34,044 |
| 136 (1389) | Jason Brown | AUS | 420 | 0 | 1 | $30,128 |
| 137 (1390) | Alexander Grocott | Sydney, AUS | 420 | 0 | 1 | $49,396 |
| 138 (1403) | Mogens Hansen | Queensland, AUS | 411 | 0 | 2 | $40,147 |
| 139 (1426) | Robert Damelian | Sydney, AUS | 408 | 0 | 1 | $37,776 |
| 140 (1489) | Zedao Ma | CHN | 400 | 0 | 1 | $105,909 |
| 141 (1490) | Nien Chi Chen | TWN | 400 | 0 | 1 | $142,287 |
| 142 (1488) | Graham Jamieson | Melbourne, AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $44,090 |
| 143 (1496) | Josh Barrett | AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $37,541 |
| 144 (1486) | Stephen Koutsouvelis | Adelaide, AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $35,504 |
| 145 (1494) | Gabriel Borges | BRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $55,800 |
| 146 (1492) | Damian Salas | Buenos Aires, ARG | 400 | 0 | 1 | $64,129 |
| 147 (1487) | Mark Payne | Brisbane, AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $17,420 |
| 148 (1491) | Guy Hareuveni | ISR | 400 | 0 | 1 | $46,992 |
| 149 (1493) | Daniel Lee | KOR | 400 | 0 | 1 | $57,200 |
| 150 (1495) | Bryan Huang | SGP | 400 | 0 | 1 | $163,930 |